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401 Ratings
Cornerstone OnDemand
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SAP Litmos
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Based on 122 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- Cornerstone OnDemand and SAP Litmos are tied in 1 feature set: Learning Management
Onboarding
7.8
Cornerstone OnDemand
78%

SAP Litmos
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 3/3 features
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 3/3 features
New hire portal
7.5
75%
64 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Manager tracking tools
7.4
74%
105 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Compliance tracking and reporting
8.5
85%
115 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Performance and Goals
8.4
Cornerstone OnDemand
84%

SAP Litmos
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 5/5 features
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 5/5 features
Corporate goal setting
8.0
80%
87 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting
8.2
82%
91 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Individual goal setting
8.5
85%
99 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility
8.3
83%
87 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Performance tracking
8.7
87%
104 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Performance Management
8.2
Cornerstone OnDemand
82%

SAP Litmos
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 10/10 features
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 10/10 features
Performance plans
8.0
80%
88 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Plan weighting
8.2
82%
74 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Manager note taking
8.4
84%
63 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Performance improvement plans
8.3
83%
75 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Review status tracking
8.1
81%
89 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow
8.1
81%
58 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Review reminders
8.1
81%
87 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Workflow restrictions
8.6
86%
79 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Multiple review frequency
8.7
87%
77 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Reporting
7.8
78%
106 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Succession Planning
7.9
Cornerstone OnDemand
79%

SAP Litmos
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 4/4 features
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 4/4 features
Create succession plans/pools
8.3
83%
46 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Candidate ranking
7.9
79%
46 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Candidate search
7.6
76%
49 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Candidate development
7.7
77%
45 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
6.5
Cornerstone OnDemand
65%

SAP Litmos
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 15/15 features
Cornerstone OnDemand ranks higher in 15/15 features
Job Requisition Management
6.0
60%
44 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Company Website Posting
6.4
64%
40 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Publish to Social Media
6.9
69%
37 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting
6.3
63%
37 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Customized Application Form
6.1
61%
39 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Resume Management
6.4
64%
42 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
6.3
63%
39 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Candidate Search
6.0
60%
40 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Applicant Tracking
6.1
61%
40 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Collaboration
6.0
60%
35 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation
6.1
61%
37 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Email Templates
7.2
72%
56 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
User Permissions
7.2
72%
57 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts
7.6
76%
52 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Reporting
7.0
70%
60 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Learning Management
8.0
Cornerstone OnDemand
80%

8.0
SAP Litmos
80%
SAP Litmos ranks higher in 9/12 features
SAP Litmos ranks higher in 9/12 features
Course authoring
7.4
74%
122 Ratings

7.9
79%
55 Ratings
Course catalog or library
8.6
86%
166 Ratings

8.3
83%
63 Ratings
Player/Portal
8.2
82%
153 Ratings

8.2
82%
57 Ratings
Learning content
8.2
82%
133 Ratings

8.0
80%
56 Ratings
Mobile friendly
7.3
73%
125 Ratings

7.9
79%
57 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications
8.0
80%
150 Ratings

8.5
85%
64 Ratings
Assignments
8.5
85%
162 Ratings

8.6
86%
62 Ratings
Compliance management
8.1
81%
143 Ratings

8.2
82%
60 Ratings
Learning administration
8.5
85%
165 Ratings

8.8
88%
63 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics
8.4
84%
164 Ratings

7.3
73%
62 Ratings
Social learning
6.8
68%
102 Ratings

6.8
68%
39 Ratings
Gamification
N/A
0 Ratings

7.5
75%
7 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Cornerstone OnDemand is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Renew, Implementation Rating
- SAP Litmos is rated higher in 5 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability, Availability, Performance, Support Rating
- Cornerstone OnDemand and SAP Litmos are tied in 1 area: Product Scalability
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
Cornerstone OnDemand
83%
242 Ratings

8.6
SAP Litmos
86%
77 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
9.7
Cornerstone OnDemand
97%
35 Ratings

9.4
SAP Litmos
94%
4 Ratings
Usability
8.6
Cornerstone OnDemand
86%
35 Ratings

8.7
SAP Litmos
87%
59 Ratings
Availability
7.3
Cornerstone OnDemand
73%
5 Ratings

7.4
SAP Litmos
74%
2 Ratings
Performance
6.4
Cornerstone OnDemand
64%
5 Ratings

8.1
SAP Litmos
81%
2 Ratings
Support Rating
6.6
Cornerstone OnDemand
66%
49 Ratings

7.2
SAP Litmos
72%
8 Ratings
In-Person Training
8.6
Cornerstone OnDemand
86%
4 Ratings

SAP Litmos
N/A
0 Ratings
Online Training
9.0
Cornerstone OnDemand
90%
8 Ratings

SAP Litmos
N/A
0 Ratings
Implementation Rating
9.0
Cornerstone OnDemand
90%
18 Ratings

8.3
SAP Litmos
83%
58 Ratings
Product Scalability
8.2
Cornerstone OnDemand
82%
2 Ratings

8.2
SAP Litmos
82%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cornerstone OnDemand
This is a great tool for middle to a large company that wants to have virtual learning access, manager rosters, and robust reporting on multiple data points. You want to make sure you have someone fully committed in time and energy to launching and managing [Cornerstone OnDemand]. It does lift a lot of the communication burden when automating email communication and helps to track required training far better than any excel sheet.

Verified User
Contributor in Human Resources
Hospitality Company, 1001-5000 employeesSAP Litmos
SAP Litmos is well suited for remote users and trainees to be able to attend training, access materials, and reflect back on what they have learned from anywhere and on any device. Our users sign themselves up and then receive an email from within SAP Litmos that gives them more detail and instruction on the courses that are assigned to them for completion. When you have hundreds of users that require annual and refresher training to match funding requirements this gives you all that you need to get the training done, track the training, and provide reports for feedback and requirements.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Non-profit Organization Management Company, 51-200 employeesPros
Cornerstone OnDemand
- Automatic recurring assignments are easy to get that refresher training out without needing to assign it fresh each time.
- Reporting 2.0 makes it easy to write and share your reports with just selected filters. Making it easy for people receiving it to just change what they need to see.
- Learning Admin Console makes it easy to peek at what is going on in your portal and open up connected reporting when needed.
- Success Center is a great resource for getting peer answers to questions and learning about the releases and suggesting changes that should be added to the roadmap.
LMS System Administrator
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterResearch, 1001-5000 employees
SAP Litmos
- It makes training processes to be fun since it has many functions[.]
- The learners interface is clean and fairly modern[.]
- It has great customer support since it's very responsive to questions and request[.]
- It's also easy to use and user's friendly[.]
Senior product leader
TechstarsVenture Capital & Private Equity, 201-500 employees
Cons
Cornerstone OnDemand
- User-submitted external training is editable by users even after it has been approved and completed on their transcript, UNLESS a transcript lock is put into place--which also renders all submitted certificates un-openable once approved. Thus they can never be referenced after approval.
- The system is designed for annual compliance training to be re-versioned annually. I [believe it] is a very un-user friendly for training that we don't want to re-version because users take it on a rolling, as-needed basis.
- Some very key components are not configurable and cause our users a great deal of confusion. For example, there is no way to turn off the search bar on a user transcript or even to edit the prompt text within it. Our users are constantly searching for training here, and end up re-opening/re-launching completed courses rather than registering for a new occurrence of a course.
- In general, we find Cornerstone [onDemand] clunky and that it does not really meet our needs.

Verified User
General Manager in Other
Government Administration Company, 10,001+ employeesSAP Litmos
- Reporting usually takes me a few tries to get the reports I need, but I almost always get there after a couple of tries.
- Providing easy access to video launches. The unique log-in token only works once, and the second time it says, "Link has expired" which leads to us regularly getting emails about why the link is expired.
Manager of Sales Training and Development - Ongoing Education
KIFurniture, 501-1000 employees
Pricing Details
Cornerstone OnDemand
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Required
Starting Price
—SAP Litmos
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 9.7
Based on 35 answers
As long as pricing stays reasonable, we will likely stay with Cornerstone for at least one more contract renewal. It would be a large task to migrate all of our content to a new system. However, the LMS landscape is diversifying with new startups that are showing some real innovation.
Learning Management System Administrator, Training Specialist
Tennant CompanyMachinery, 1001-5000 employees
SAP Litmos
SAP Litmos 9.4
Based on 4 answers
For what we need in the very near future, Litmos does not offer us the required capability. Ideally, we are looking for an integrated LMS, coaching, mobile support and content creation platform. Litmos may have the LMS part covered but there are other platforms that do this better along with providing an integrated all-in-one service or at the very least support API integration with other vendors to meet our requirements.
Sales Enablement Manager
MimecastInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
Usability
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 8.6
Based on 35 answers
Easy to use, easy to learn, lots of support during the learning process. There are a few parts of the system we don't use and I'm hesitant to begin using because other clients have said they're difficult and cumbersome (certifications) or outdated (libraries)

Verified User
Manager in Human Resources
Utilities Company, 501-1000 employeesSAP Litmos
SAP Litmos 8.7
Based on 59 answers
SAP Litmos is convenient to use. It can be easily linked with existing systems with out-of-the-box connectors or APIs. Automated email invitations are available for new users. It also provides a free trial demo for the new users so that they can operate it without any problem.
Executive Recruiter
Crossover for WorkAccounting, 1001-5000 employees
Reliability and Availability
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 7.3
Based on 5 answers
It was down for a couple of hours in our first month. Occasionally, in the evening we have trouble logging in even though it is not a maintenance window.

Verified User
Project Manager in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employeesSAP Litmos
SAP Litmos 7.4
Based on 2 answers
We rarely have issues with down time. Obviously, the user's browser, etc. can come into play. But, overall, this is what I would call stable software. And, it has the advantage of being accessed over the internet so learners can access from home if they want.

Verified User
Administrator in Corporate
Hospital & Health Care Company, 201-500 employeesPerformance
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 6.4
Based on 5 answers
Pages do not load quickly. Often times any action or selection of a box, drop down, check, pretty much ANY Javascript interaction causes the whole entire page to load/reload/start doing something in the background. This makes a nightmare for having to mass edit courses or upload ILT sessions. It's the one of the archaic web designs they use that really bugs me as an admin and makes working in the portal at times intolerable and insufferable
LMS Administrator
H&E Equipment Services, Inc.Machinery, 1001-5000 employees
SAP Litmos
SAP Litmos 8.1
Based on 2 answers
They still have a way to go with their reporting. But, they have been working on this and they continue to improve.
Aside from reporting, I would say that SAP Litmos performs very well. I rarely have any issues at all - even given the things I normally have open on my computer!

Verified User
Administrator in Corporate
Hospital & Health Care Company, 201-500 employeesSupport Rating
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 6.6
Based on 49 answers
Its always important to have support when you are facing problems and when you are the main admin of the organization. Cornerstone Support is very supporting when you have not found the answer in the help guide. its very useful to have a team support to guide you.
Coordinateur pédagogique
Air Tahiti NuiAirlines/Aviation, 501-1000 employees
SAP Litmos
SAP Litmos 7.2
Based on 8 answers
The knowledgebase is very generic, so beyond some basic, "this is how you use Litmos", I am not super impressed with the self-service options for troubleshooting issues or finding best practices from peers. Getting a response from specialists also takes a great deal of effort. The initial ticket is almost never where my answer comes from, so I have to wait on the escalation to take place, and usually that goes to an account specialist. Once I get that, there is usually a back and forth before we agree on what the issue is. Service is always courteous, but not efficient. I am never sure where my ticket stands with regard to escalation/processing, so I have to inquire. Service tickets and service are not a clean process right now, at least not for me. Nothing like it was during our implementation.

Verified User
Analyst in Human Resources
Paper & Forest Products Company, 1001-5000 employeesIn-Person Training
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 8.6
Based on 4 answers
we use also to admin all our training in person events and sessions. Its easy to admin this kind of trainings and automatize some processes we have. Also de user experience and the integration with other systems helps to the employees to use more. All modules integrated oriented to develop people is the principal reason to have CSOD. The training administration is very complete and allows to automate many processes.
Tecnico de Formación y Sistemas de RRHH
UCI - Unión de Créditos InmobiliariosFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees
SAP Litmos
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 9.0
Based on 8 answers
The online modules are pretty good. You can access them at any time, which we have done. You learn a lot in the beginning, but having the ability to retake short lessons when you are working on those items was very helpful.

Verified User
Manager in Professional Services
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesSAP Litmos
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 9.0
Based on 18 answers
Dig deep on what your current processes are and how they match up to Cornerstone OnDemand functionality. It's not that the Cornerstone OnDemand is bad, it just the amount of work it requires you to do to get your current data to fit into their system.

Verified User
Manager in Professional Services
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesSAP Litmos
SAP Litmos 8.3
Based on 58 answers
I was not completely involved in the implementation process but I heard it was fairly pain free and your team was able to jump on a few calls with my manager to work out all of the details before implementation
Instructional Designer
FordDirectAutomotive, 201-500 employees
Alternatives Considered
Cornerstone OnDemand
The Sales Pitch for Cornerstone while being great, left us a bit disappointed when the tool got implemented. Although it is a game-changer and radically improved the learning experience the after-sales service has left us a bit disappointed. Since the overall package makes up for the situation, we can safely recommend it but while exercising caution.

Verified User
Professional in Corporate
Logistics & Supply Chain Company, 10,001+ employeesSAP Litmos
Having reviewed our situation regularly in regards to ensuring our learners have learning tech at the bleeding edge, which goes for both an off-the-shelf LMS/LXP product and building a bespoke LMS system, SAP Litmos continues to be the best choice for our business model. Off-the-shelf LMS systems all do the same functions pretty well in regards to hosting content, but the continued development of both the integrations & features make SAP stand out, alongside their easy to navigate platform - it also stands out as having an easy to administer from a back-office POV allowing a number of stakeholders to assist in the marking and ongoing development of content.
Digital Learning Product Owner
Travel CounsellorsRetail, 1001-5000 employees
Scalability
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand 8.2
Based on 2 answers
I have had no problem scaling the platform across various areas of the business
Learning Technologist
Organic ValleyFood & Beverages, 501-1000 employees
SAP Litmos
SAP Litmos 8.2
Based on 2 answers
We've had no issues, really, and have gone through more than one acquisition while using the product. It is definitely scalable.

Verified User
Administrator in Corporate
Hospital & Health Care Company, 201-500 employeesReturn on Investment
Cornerstone OnDemand
- We strive to educate our customers and Cornerstone [onDemand] is key to this process. Cornerstone [onDemand] has the ability to deliver content to thousands of users in a reliable environment
- We need the flexibility to load SCORM courses and videos and Cornerstone [onDemand] nails both of these needs!
- We have over 100,000 users on our Cornerstone [onDemand] platform! They all have access to our own created material in a reliable and consistent environment!
Business Analyst
Jack Henry & AssociatesFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees
SAP Litmos
- Increased employee engagement- offered courses such as HIPAA training and included interactive quizzes that encouraged learner participation
- increased training compliance rates- tripled our training compliance rates received positive feedback on learner experience and content of training modules
- Simplified Reporting- Allowed automated reporting of training numbers to internal managers of their staff . Also allowed the training team to monitor utilization rates and login activity for both internal and external learners
- Customized Content- Allowed our organization to add customized content including training attestations and personalized certificates when learners completed training.
Senior Manager of Training and Education
HealthixInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees